Item:
ONSV23DCW171

Original German WWII Panzer EM/NCO Right Side Collar Tab with "Danziger" Totenkopf Death's Head Emblem

Item Description

Original Item: Only One Available. In November 1934 the Germans introduced the black Panzer wrap tunic for the newly formed armored units and it was worn through-out the war with minor modifications in 1936 and 1942. Along with the new black Panzer wrap tunic the Germans also introduced the unique Panzer collar tabs which utilized the old Prussian "Danziger" style skull and crossbones. The skulls and crossbones were worn through-out the war with minor manufacturing variations.

Here we have a very nice service worn German WWII Panzer EM/NCO Kragenspiegel (Collar Tab), cut off from a Panzer uniform. It features a black wool body with an internal buckram stiffener, and rosa (rose- pink) piping around the edge. This is the Waffenfarbe (Corps Color) for the Panzertruppen (Armored Forces), as well as Kraftfahrkampftruppe - Kraftfahrtruppen (Motor Vehicle Combat Troops). In the middle of the tag is a great "Danziger" style Totenkopf (Death's Head) insignia, with an aluminum main body and brass rear clips.

Condition is very good, with light overall wear consistent with service. There is still much of the original stitching used to hold it to the panzer wrap present.

A great "uniform cutoff" Panzer EM/NCO collar tab, ready to add to your collection!

Use of the Totenkopf as a military emblem began under Frederick the Great, who formed a regiment of Hussar cavalry in the Prussian army commanded by Colonel von Ruesch, the Husaren-Regiment Nr. 5 (von Ruesch). It adopted a black uniform with a Totenkopf emblazoned on the front of its mirlitons and wore it on the field in the War of Austrian Succession and in the Seven Years' War. The Totenkopf remained a part of the uniform when the regiment was reformed into Leib-Husaren Regiments Nr.1 and Nr.2 in 1808. The skull continued to be used by the Prussian and Brunswick armed forces until 1918, and some of the stormtroopers that led the last German offensives on the Western Front in 1918 used skull badges. Luftstreitkräfte fighter pilots Georg von Hantelmann and Kurt Adolf Monnington are just two of a number of Central Powers military pilots who used the Totenkopf as their personal aircraft insignia.

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